California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 23220

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 232, Sec. 1. (SB 65) Effective January 1, 2018.
(a)A person shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while driving a motor vehicle on any lands described in subdivision (c).
(b)A person shall not drink any alcoholic beverage or smoke or ingest marijuana or any marijuana product while riding as a passenger in any motor vehicle being driven on any lands described in subdivision (c).
(c)As used in this section, “lands” means those lands to which the Chappie-Z’berg Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Law of 1971 (Division 16.5 (commencing with Section 38000)) applies as to off-highway motor vehicles, as described in Section 38001.
(d)A violation of subdivision (a) or (b) shall be punished as an infraction.

Cite this section

Cal. Veh. Code § 23220 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/veh/division-11-rules-of-the-road/chapter-12-public-offenses/article-2-offenses-involving-alcohol-and-drugs/section-23220

Other sections in Article 2 - Offenses Involving Alcohol and Drugs

§ 23152§ 23152.5§ 23153§ 23154§ 23155§ 23158§ 23213§ 23215§ 23216§ 23217§ 23220§ 23221§ 23222§ 23223§ 23224§ 23225§ 23226§ 23229§ 23229.1

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